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Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is defined as a branch of medicine that includes the science of athletic nutrition and conditioning, preventing and diagnosing athletic injuries and increasing performance. A physician practicing sports medicine focuses on sports-related medical services. This may include preventative measures such as conditioning and injury prevention, as well as treatments such as osteopathic manipulation, rehabilitation, or injections.
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MAY 04, 2016Health & Medicine
New research findings show that young females on the lowest end of the physical activity spectrum are more likely to dev ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k ...APR 01, 2016Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 17, 2016Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Neuroscience
World Cup soccer star Brandi Chastain is probably best known for whipping off her shirt in celebration of the US Women&r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2016Health & Medicine
Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study found that young baseball pitchers could largely benefit from attending preseason arm injury preventio ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 18, 2016Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 16, 2016Neuroscience
Almost every week there is another item in the news about head injuries in major league sports, most prominently t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 12, 2016Neuroscience
Young adults who suffer from depression saw a 40 percent reduction in symptoms when they did meditation and aerobic exer ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Children commonly get concussions. Usually, those concussions happen while playing a sport. Concussions are caused by a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...MAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Health & Medicine
Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and di ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Fear of neurological brain damage struck a blow this week to business as usual in the National Football League when high ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 07, 2014Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle ...
MAY 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
New research findings show that young females on the lowest end of the physical activity spectrum are more likely to dev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k
...
APR 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 17, 2016
Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Neuroscience
World Cup soccer star Brandi Chastain is probably best known for whipping off her shirt in celebration of the US Women&r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study found that young baseball pitchers could largely benefit from attending preseason arm injury preventio
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 18, 2016
Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Almost every week there is another item in the news about head injuries in major league sports, most prominently t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Young adults who suffer from depression saw a 40 percent reduction in symptoms when they did meditation and aerobic exer
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Children commonly get concussions. Usually, those concussions happen while playing a sport. Concussions are caused by a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Health & Medicine
Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and di
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Health & Medicine
University of Montana researchers have good news for endurance athletes hankering for a burger and fries after an intens
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Fear of neurological brain damage struck a blow this week to business as usual in the National Football League when high
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 07, 2014
Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle
...